Feedback for Saturday, Jan. 12

January 11, 2013

Prankster gains renown

Rahat Hossain, of Newport News, disguised himself as an empty car seat. Then he got into his car and went through fast food drive-thrus, drawing a variety of astonished reactions from workers at drive-thru windows. The video has become a viral hit, garnering almost 11 million views on YouTube.

• Sherry Herndon Warner: I didn't know he was local ... kudos! That cracked me up when I saw it on "The Today Show"!

People Express loan OK'd

A regional airport committee approved a taxpayer-funded $500,000 short-term, refundable loan for People Express on Wednesday, paving the way for the start-up airline to acquire an undisclosed charter airline and begin air service out of the Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport this year.

• Warnie L. Pritchett: City Council has been playing far too fast and loose with our tax money.

D.C. mayor suggests name change for Redskins

Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said the Redskins must consider a name change if they intend to relocate from FedEx Field in Landover, Md., to a stadium in the District of Columbia. A group of Native Americans filed a disparagement lawsuit against the team in 1992, but the case was dismissed in 2009, when the Supreme Court declined to hear it.

• Susan Oliver: Ridiculous to even think of changing the name.

• Elisabeth Carrozza Wilkins: I was wondering when this was going to be addressed.

• Mark Goetz: "Redskins" is a slang term that was used to denigrate Native Americans. ... How about the Washington Buffs?

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